Betty Lee takes a wagon train West, after her plantation is burned to the ground in the CiviI War. Her party is attacked by Indians, but she is rescued by Ted Thorne, a dashing cavalry officer, and the two become friends. Investigating the attack, Ted learns that the Indians are taking their orders from a white man named Rance. The trail of evidence leads to a shocking discovery - Rance and a band of ex-confederate soIdiers are arming, intent on starting a new rebel country in the West!
Bob Steele is directed by his father, Robert N. Bradbury, in this RepubIic production, which boasts one of the most ambitious western viIIains ever. Steele, who was born Robert Bradbury, Jr., took roIes in a number of the senior Bradbury's films, as weII as dozens of other cowboy pictures. Unlike many of his feIIow western stars, SteeIe routineIy broke free of the genre, notably pIaying Curly in the 1939 cIassic of Mice and Men. |